Moves have been underway this week to appoint a new Director of Strategy in Downing Street. This follows the decision taken by the Prime Minister last November to close down the Downing Street strategy unit. Part of the role of this new Director of Strategy will be to shape a ...
One of the principal bases for this weekly blog is to look at long-term trends. Most of my information, for want of any other source material, comes from the NIC Global Trends 2025 report. With the current focus on energy security, I looked up what the document says about a ...
Last week the Daily Telegraph concluded its 'Rebuilding Britain' series with a lead article calling for a foreign policy for Britain's future - one which would be based on a lightly regulated, trade hungry British economy...equipping our businesses to meet the commercial challenges of Shanghai and Bangalore. This, the leader ...
With the European Election campaign coming to a close, it is interesting to speculate what will be the main issue where Europe must focus in years ahead. From my reading of the issues raised, alongside undoubtedly tough challenges relating to energy security and climate change, ensuring that Europe's economy is ...
In the discussions on the financial and economic crises over the past few months, we have paid little attention to the central question of where our economic growth is likely to come from in the next two decades. Our growth has principally come in the past decade from retail consumption, ...
With less than a month to go before the European Elections, the Economist's Charlemagne column of 7 May has described the European Parliament as an unloved parliament which "is worse than dull: it does not work properly". This is unjustified. The European Parliament may be unloved but so can journalists ...
I am happy to begin entries on my new blog. This is intended to contribute ideas into policy-making across a wide range of policy and political issues, not just to enter into current political controversies.
A principal feature of the blog will be its regular reference, where evidence exists, to long-term ...
